Improvement in boots and shoes



W. MEYER & H. FBEIBURG.

Boots and Shoes.

N0.l66,62] Patented Aug.10,1875.'

kz'fzzesses. fizz/67220729 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MEYER AND HENRY FREIBURG, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOO TS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,621, dated August10, 1875; application filed June 22, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM MEYER and HENRY FREIBURG, of Quincy, in thecounty of Adams and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Boots and Shoes; and we do hereby declare the followingto he a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference beingbad to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification,in which the invention is represented in elevation.

This invention relates to certain improvements in boots and shoes, andis intended as an improvement on the device for which Letters Patent ofthe United States, No. 161,809, were issued to us on April 6, 1875.

The improvement consists in the combination, with a wooden heel andshank, of a continuous insole extending from toe to heel, and havingupon the narrow shank portion thereof two side flaps, which are bentunder the Wooden shank and secured thereto by tacks or staples.

In the drawings, B B represent the wooden heel and shank, having uponits upper surface the insole of the boot or shoe A A. The insole iscontinuous from heel to toe, and is secured to the wooden heel and shankby means of staples or tacks C' O. The said insole is also provided withtwo flaps, A, which are turned under and secured by staples or tacks tothe under side of the shank B. This arrangement of the insole almostcompletely surrounds the wooden shank, adding greatly to its strength,preserving it from decay, and forming a firmer attachment for the sole,and, being perfectly smooth and in one piece from heel to toe, is morecomfortable to the wearer.

What We claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A shoe having the wooden heel and shank B B, with attached continuousinsole A A, having flaps A bent over and secured to the under side ofthe said wooden shank, substantially as and for the purpose described.

WILLIAM MEYER. HENRY FREIBURG. Witnesses:

R. L. VANSANT, THOS. B. HARRISON.

